Unione Sportiva Livorno - Short Historical Overview 1915-1960

Unione Sportiva Livorno
period: 1915-1960
City: Livorno, Italy (Leghorn)
Colours: all reddish-purple (amaranto) shirt
Current position: Serie B 2003-04.
1905 February. Birth of Virtus Juventusque Livorno (violet and white
halves shirt), a soccer and gymnastic team.
1906 January, 6. Birth of SPES Livorno (SocietÓ Per Esercizi Sportivi;
the acronym indicated also Hope in Latin) the green and
white stripes of Tuscany. Played in FIG (Federal
Gymnastics) Tournaments.
1912-13 I Categoria Toscana
Spes second with 7 pts. Virtus winner with 9 pts. Finals South League,
Virtus 6th with no points, eliminated.
1913-14 I Categoria Toscana
Spes winner with 26 pts, qualified for Finals. I Categoria Finals
South 4th with no points, eliminated. Virtus was third with 19 pts.
1914-15 I Categoria Toscana
Spes 5th with 11 pts and Virtus 6th with 6 pts.
1915 February, 17. Spes and Virtus Juventusque merged in Unione Sportiva
Livorno (red-violet purple shirt with white collar,
a color called "amaranto" in Italian).
1915-19 No official activities for War. In 1917 there was the first
official Tournament of the so called "Unione": Coppa Toscana -
Livorno third with 3 pts.
1919 Birth of the city's second team Pro Livorno (green and white stripes
as the old Spes).
1919-20
Preliminary Round Central and Southern Italy - Toscana,
US Livorno second with 15 pts.
Semifinal Round group B: winner with 8 pts.
Final Livorno - Fortitudo Roma 3-2 in Bologna.
Italian Central and Southern Champion.
Final with Northern Team Internazionale Milano lost for 3-2 in Bologna.
Pro Livorno winner of the group A - Sez. II of III Categoria Toscana
with 2 pts., promoted in II categoria.
1920-21
Preliminary Round Central and Southern Italy - Toscana,
US Livorno second with 24 pts.
Semifinal Round group A: winner with 8 pts.
Final on 3rd of July in Bologna Pisa-Livorno 1-0.
Pro Livorno winner of the II Categoria Toscana group with 11 pts.,
promoted to the 1st level
1921-22 FIGC Championship Toscana
Pro Livorno winner with 15 pts.
Semifinal round group A: third with 1 pt.
In the parallel CCI Tournament North League group A,
US Livorno was 10th with 17 pts.
1922 US Livorno and Pro Livorno merged in the new Unione Sportiva Livorno
(red-violet shirt with white collar and with an horizontal
white-green-white band).
1922-23 Northern League
group C (A) third with 30 pts.
1923-24 I Division North
Group A third with 27 pts.
1924-25 I Division North
Group B fifth with 25 pts.
1925-26 I Division North
Group B fourth with 25 pts.
1926-27 I Division North
Group B fifth with 20 pts.
1927-28 I Division North
Group B ninth with 17 pts.
1928-29 I Division North
Group A seventh with 32 pts.
1929-30 Serie A
Livorno 14th with 29 pts. (12 matches won and 5 ties).
1930-31 Serie A
17th with 20 pts., relegated .
1931-32 Serie B
7th with 36 pts.
1932-33 Serie B
winner with 51 points, promoted with Brescia; only 3 matches
lost, topscorer the Hungarian forward Nekadoma with 26 goals.
1933-34 Serie A
8th with 34 pts. (11 matches won and 12 ties).
1934-35 Serie A
15th with 24 pts. On June, 2nd lost the last match with AC Torino in
Torino: 0-1. AC Torino overtook US Livorno by one point and the
Unione relegated with Pro Vercelli.
1935-36 Serie B
3rd with 47 pts.
1936-37 Serie B
winner with 42 pts., promoted with Atalanta Bergamo. The "amaranto" player
Arcari IV, scorer of 30 hits, played for the National Team.
1937-38 Serie A
11th with 24 pts.
1938-39 Serie A
15th with 24 pts. Relegated for the worst GD.
1939-40 Serie B
2nd with 46 pts. Promoted.
1940-41 Serie A
13th with 29 pts.
1941-42 Serie A
14th with 24 pts. Recovered in the last match in Milano where won against
AC Milano 2-0.
1942-43 Serie A
a glorious 2nd place. The final placements were: Torino 44 pts. Champion,
Livorno 43, Juventus 37.
1945 During the War there was a Campano-toscano Tournament with Napoli,
Stabia, Livorno and Fiorentina.
1945-46 After the Second World War Livorno renamed the team Pro Livorno.
In Serie A group B 7th with 10 pts.
1946-47 Serie A
15th with 33 pts.
1947-48 Serie A
14th with 36 pts.
1948-49 Serie A
20th with 26 pts., relegated to Serie B with Modena.
1949-50 Serie B
8th with 46 pts.
1950-51 Serie B
3rd with 47 pts.
1951-52 Serie B
16th with 34 pts. For the first time relegated in Serie C (3rd level)
1952-53 Serie C
7th with 35 pts.
1953-54 Serie C
6th with 38 pts.
1954-55 Serie C
winner with 45 pts. Promoted with Bari.
1955-56 Serie B
17th with 22 pts. Relegated with Salernitana.
1956-57 Serie C
12th with 31 pts.
1957-58 Serie C
18th (last) with 25 pts. However the reform of the Serie C Tournament
avoided a relegation in IV Serie (4th level)
1958-59 Serie C
Group A 5th with 46 pts.
1959-60 Serie C
Group B second with 46 pts. Overtaken by AC Prato by 1 pt.